Cotter joint can be used to connect two rods for torque transmission purpose.

Related MCQs

• Two steel rods connected by cotter joint are subjected to 50 kN load each. What is the minimum diameter required of the rods? (Given: Yielding Stress= 400N/mm² ; Factor of Safety=6)
• Can the cotter joint be used to connect slide spindle and fork of valve mechanism?
• Knuckle Joint can’t be used to connect two intersecting rods.
• Cotter joint is used when the members are subjected to which type of stresses?
• The principle of wedge action is used in cotter joint.
• Which of the following is not a part of cotter joint?
• If knuckle joint is to fail by crushing failure of pin in fork, then determine the diameter of knuckle pin when 50kN axial tensile force act on rods. Given: Max allowable compressive stress=25N/mm², thickness of each eye of fork=25mm.
• A knuckle joint is unsuitable for two rotating shafts, which transmit torque
• The amount by which the two rods to be joined are drawn together is called as?
• Quality checking of riveted joint is much expensive than that of welded joint.